Spotify offers music as the artist intends it to be heard, so it can sometimes include explicit content. Look out for the EXPLICIT tag on any releases.
Note: Our explicit content tags are applied based on information we receive from rights-holders. We can’t guarantee all explicit content is marked as such.
Filtering explicit content
You can choose to allow or prevent explicit content playing on your account. If you manage a Premium Family plan, you can also allow or prevent explicit content playing for other members of the plan.
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Filter out content labelled as explicit with these steps:
Mobile and tablet
- Tap Home .
- Tap Settings .
- Tap Explicit Content.
- Switch Allow Explicit Content off (gray).
- Tracks marked as explicit now appear grayed out. It’s not possible to play them and they are skipped over by the player.
Desktop
- Click the arrow in the top-right corner and select Settings.
- Under Explicit Content, switch Allow playback of explicit-rated content off (gray).
Note: Explicit content settings don’t apply if you use Spotify Connect to play to another device.
Remember: Content we identify as explicit is based on information we receive from rights-holders, so it’s possible some explicit content will still play even if you’ve blocked explicit-rated content. If you spot a song that needs an explicit tag, let us know by tapping next to the song and select Report Explicit Content.
For: Premium Family plan managers.
To block content labelled as explicit for a plan member:
- Go to your account page.
- Select Premium Family in the menu on the left.
- Click on the member you’d like to stop hearing explicit content.
- Switch Allow explicit content off (gray).
Remember: Content we identify as explicit is based on information we receive from rights-holders, so it’s possible some explicit content will still play even if you’ve blocked it. If you spot a song that needs an explicit tag, let us know by tapping next to the song and select Report Explicit Content.
Finding clean versions
You can check for clean versions of songs marked as explicit. Pick your device to learn how:
Note: Some explicit content may not have a clean version available.
- On an album page, scroll down to the bottom of the track listings.
- Find more releases of the same album in the bottom-right.
Note: If you don’t see this option, there are no other versions of the album currently available on Spotify. - Choose a version of the album that doesn’t have the EXPLICIT label.
You can also enter the title of the song into the search bar to find any versions that aren’t marked as explicit.
Enter the title of the song into the search bar to find any versions that aren’t marked as explicit.
Note: Some explicit content may not have a clean version available.
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Spotify and Apple certainly have no love lost when it comes to music. The anti-trust battles are looming, and I am sure both companies want to avoid prolonged legal conflicts. In podcasting, because the industry is so young, Spotify’s focus is a good thing for the industry (especially for creators). While Apple Podcasts is installed on every iOS and macOS (running Catalina) device, Spotify is approaching 200 million free users, and 125 million paid users. As they begin to promote podcasting heavily, that will grow the industry. As someone who loves podcasting, I want new people to discover podcasts. Anyone that has an Android phone, Chromebook, macOS, iPhone, iPad, Windows PC, etc. can now listen to podcasts on Spotify. While I love Apple Podcasts, and how much they promote the industry, I know that Spotify can help reach people Apple can’t.
I know there was a lot of concern after Spotify purchased Gimlet that they would move away from the RSS standard for podcasting. After seeing how they’ve built out their creator portal, it’s clear they still believe in the open market. While they aren’t using Apple’s API to import their shows, they have built out a way for artists to submit their show based on RSS and manage it. Their portal is very similar to Google’s podcasting portal. Once you submit your show to Spotify, there is nothing else you have to do.
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To be perfectly honest, I don’t love the overall experience of the podcast section of Spotify. It’s not that it’s unusable, but imagine if Apple Podcasts was stuck inside of Apple Music? It’s going to be hard for Spotify to continue to build out the platform while keeping an excellent music and podcast experience. I understand why they built it into their main app as that is part of their ability to increase market share. If users were required to download a separate app, they likely would be at a fraction of the same market share. I am going to be way more critical of the experience than your average person, though. I subscribe to 40+ shows, so I am not the ideal person for Spotify Podcasts. If I am guessing, Spotify is seeing an average subscription per user at five shows. It’s perfect for that.
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If you love podcasting, you should be excited about Spotify’s focus. It’ll bring in new listeners, grow the overall market, bring in new advertisers, and help sustain amazing content going forward. For this industry to grow as we all want it to, we need more people listening to more shows. With Apple, Google, and Spotify all basing 99% of their directory on the open RSS standard, we have preserved the free market. While it remains to be seen how Apple and Spotify distribute exclusive content, as long as the next “Serial” is available wherever you get your podcasts, the industry is in a good place going forward. In the period from 2004 to 2019, the podcast industry has gotten the attention of major players in technology. All that’s left is for Amazon to build out Amazon Podcasts…
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